Obama Crushes Clinton in Mississippi Primary and Texas Caucuses

World | March 12, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
Bulgaria: Obama Crushes Clinton in Mississippi Primary and Texas Caucuses The Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated Senator Clinton in the Mississippi Democratic Primary. As the results of the Texas caucuses became clear, it turned out that Obama gets more delegates from Texas as well. Photo by usliberals.about.com

Sen. Barack Obama won with a wide margin over Sen. Hillary Clinton in the US state of Mississippi Primary for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Obama got 61% of the vote vs. 37% for Clinton, with the racial vote being a decisive factor, CNN reported. Obama is believed to have carried over 90% of the African-American vote, and African-Americans are 70% of the registered Democratic voters in the Gulf state.

Mississippi is the state with the largest African-American population - about 36%, and has 33 pledged delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

It became clear Tuesday that Obama also scored a victory over Clinton in the Texas Democratic caucuses, which were held last week together with the primary. One third of the Texas' 193 delegates are decided by the caucuses, and two thirds by the primary that Clinton won last week.

Thus, with the caucuses victory Obama ends up carrying more delegates from Texas than his rival. The Illinois Senator leads in the overall race with 1597 delegates vs. 1470 for Clinton. Yet, both are far from the figure of 2025 needed to secure the presidential nomination.

The next Democratic primary is in Pennsylvania on April 22, where 158 delegates are at stake.

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